companies are increasingly active in investing abroad. For their own equity to be acceptable in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance standards must be high. Ownership A defining characteristic of
the date on which the names of shareholders entitled to subscribe for the newly issued preferred shares in proportion to their shareholdings are determined (Record Date), i.e. on January 26, 2018, and
2005. Debt Market In comparison with the stock market, the Thai debt market is likely to be less positive in 2005. The anticipated increase in inflation and a trend of rising interest rates in the US are
and below-ground characteristics of the natural forest are still present. In boreal and north temperate forests which are naturally composed of only one or few tree species, a combination of natural and
. Basic shareholder rights are well established, and shareholders freely trade their shares, participate in shareholders meetings—including by proxy—and receive a range of information from listed companies
inflows to the region during September-October, driving up Thai and regional stock markets; C A P I T A L M A R K E T R E V I E W22 2. Interest rate cut: During the months of January and July, the BOT cut
development of private repo market and bond futures exchange. 3. Mutual Fund Due to the current low interest rates, more depositors are shifting their investments into mutual funds. As a result, the strategic
. A number of factors seem to be driving this change. First, companies seem more interested in understanding their shareholders’ views. Many are engaging with the ESG specialists at their long-term
its shares listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, being a Thai or foreign company, but excluding any foreign company that has all of the following characteristics: (1) having foreign stock exchange
Investors who are signatories to the I Code are expected to implement the Principles set out in the I Code and disclose their level of I Code compliance for each Principle on a “Comply or Explain” basis. For